Nick Jonas walks in on his own research
Chris was away for the week, although Scott reassured concerned listeners that Vanessa Feltz had not made him disappear after their Fifty Shades of Grey cinema trip. Nick Jonas arrived while the team were still researching him and immediately noticed photographs and details about his life spread across their screens.
Nick discussed moving from his earlier band identity into a solo career and the physical demands of playing a fighter in the television drama Kingdom. Training, fight preparation and filming had sometimes required about six hours of exercise in a day. He also spoke about being diagnosed with diabetes and how openly telling that story had helped him connect with other people facing difficult moments.
Scott inevitably asked about the purity ring associated with Nick’s younger years. Nick explained that he no longer wore it and could now talk about that period without pretending he was still the same person he had been as a teenager.
What kind of ex is Nick?
Scott had recently taken an online quiz which classified him as a Taylor Swift-style former partner. He had promised to make the next famous visitor complete it too, leaving Nick to choose how he behaved after a relationship ended.
Nick preferred sitting down and having a proper conversation rather than disappearing or forcing the other person to finish things. He chose Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” as the clearest break-up statement and described a rule among his friends for checking an ex’s social-media photographs before anybody looked for themselves.
The answers produced a Sam Smith result. Nick accepted the classification, although Scott had hoped the quiz might somehow reveal that Nick Jonas behaved most like Nick Jonas.
The coach journey becomes a show
Friday’s story about a conductor running a quiz on a train prompted more accounts of public transport becoming entertainment. Donna remembered a coach driver called Paul welcoming passengers in numerous languages, introducing High Five Friday and singing Black Eyed Peas songs over the microphone.
Donna had recorded part of the journey, allowing Scott to hear Paul’s performance. The programme then surprised her by bringing Paul on the line. He explained that the singing, greetings and audience-participation tests were intended to remind passengers that drivers were people rather than robots.
Scott admired the effort but was unsure whether he could cope with such sustained enthusiasm on a long coach journey. Paul nevertheless joined the growing collection of transport workers who had turned an ordinary trip into their own radio programme.
Real or No Real
Greg James returned for Real or No Real in Chris’s absence. The facts included a former member of Reverend and the Makers becoming a prominent Henry VIII impersonator and Taylor Swift allegedly describing an Alan Titchmarsh appearance where the crowd had been rewarded with roast potatoes.
Nobody kept a reliable score. Without Chris controlling the game, the explanations once again produced more discussion than certainty.
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